Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres

Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
30 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 400 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 26 and 27 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Roger Black  England	Darren Clark  Australia	Phil Brown  England

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Darren Clark	Australia	46.12	Q
2	1	Roger Black	England	46.66	Q
3	3	Brian Whittle	Scotland	46.69	Q
4	3	Phil Brown	England	46.78	Q
5	2	Kriss Akabusi	England	46.84	Q
6	1	Bruce Frayne	Australia	46.99	Q
7	3	David Johnston	Australia	47.13	Q
8	2	Andre Smith	Canada	47.21	Q
9	1	Anton Skerritt	Canada	47.53	Q
10	2	Martin Johnston	Scotland	48.19	Q
11	3	Michael Guegan	Jersey	48.40	Q
12	1	Joseph Rodan	Fiji	49.41	Q
13	3	Reuben Kaiaha Wotu	Vanuatu	49.44	q
14	2	Odiya Silweya	Malawi	49.45	q
15	3	Zacharia Machangani	Botswana	49.75	q
16	1	Brian Nicoll	Scotland	49.91	q
17	1	John Chappory	Gibraltar	50.65
18	2	Avelino Baldachino	Gibraltar	51.55
19	1	Georges Taniel	Vanuatu	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Bruce Frayne	Australia	47.09	Q
2	1	Kriss Akabusi	England	47.15	Q
3	2	David Johnston	Australia	47.22	Q
4	2	Roger Black	England	47.27	Q
5	2	Brian Whittle	Scotland	47.56	Q
6	1	Darren Clark	Australia	47.61	Q
7	1	Phil Brown	England	47.72	Q
8	2	Anton Skerritt	Canada	47.74
9	1	Andre Smith	Canada	47.96	Q
10	2	Martin Johnston	Scotland	48.57
11	2	Michael Guegan	Jersey	48.80
12	2	Odiya Silweya	Malawi	49.56
13	1	Brian Nicoll	Scotland	50.07
14	2	Zacharia Machangani	Botswana	50.09
15	1	Joseph Rodan	Fiji	50.30
16	1	Reuben Kaiaha Wotu	Vanuatu	51.08

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Roger Black	England	45.57
	8	Darren Clark	Australia	45.98
	2	Phil Brown	England	46.80
4	3	Kriss Akabusi	England	46.83
5	1	Brian Whittle	Scotland	47.10
6	4	David Johnston	Australia	47.24
7	5	Bruce Frayne	Australia	47.29
8	7	Andre Smith	Canada	47.97

References

1. Results
2. Heats results
3. Semifinals results